Public Auditorium
Gazette
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VOL. S3, NO. 13.
HEPPNER, ORKUOX, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1918.
SUBSCRIPTION, 12.00 PER; SCAR
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Backed Up by CitiswnH of the Town,
the City Council WU1 Orw
der New Fire Truck.
Being extremely agitated over the
matter of the recent fire losses in the
city, a meeting was called at the Star
Theater on Saturday evening last to
consider the matter of additional fire
protection for Heppner.
W. B. Barratt was chosen chair
man of the meeting and J. J. Nys sec
retary. A motion was made by W. P. Ma
honey that a committee of five be
appointed to examine into fire condi
tions, the extension of fire limits, and
the placing of new hydrants, and to
make report thereon to the city coun
cil. This motion carried and M. D.
Clark, E. M. Shutt, 8. E. Notson, M.
L. Case and Chas. Thomson were ap
pointed. By motion of S. E. Notson,
Mike Curran was added to this com
mittee. Upon motion of W. A. Richardson,
the committee was instructed to re
port to the city council the advisabil
ity of appointing a fire chief for the
city. Meeting then adjourned.
A special meeting of the city coun
cil was called on Wednesday even
ing to hear the report of the above
committee. This meeting was also
attended by Capt. Geo. W. Stokes,
deputy fire marshal, who presented
his report on conditions as he found
them upon his survey of the city two
weeks ago.
After hearing the reading of these
two reports and some discussion from
the committee and members of the
council, It was unanlmouly agreed to
adopt the recommendations made,
and to at once order an auto fire
truck and 400 feet of new hose. The
truck will cost between $3000 and
$3500 and will be fully equipped to
c"" hone, ladders, etc., as well as
having two 40-gallon chemical tanks.
1. iu character of machine is highly
recommended by Capt. Stokes who
has been a member of the Portland
lire department for the past thirteen
years.
From the report of the committee
It was learned that Mike Curran had
been temporarily appointed fire chief.
The Cornell confirms his appointment
and It will be officially made at the
regular meeting of the council on
Monday evelng next and his salary
fixed. Mr. Curran is well qualified
for the position as lie served many
years In this capacity In The Dalles
and Is credited with having made one
of the best volunteer fire departments
that city ever had. He is enthusias
tic In the work and promises that
Heppner will not be long in having
an organized force of fire fighters.
The new fire fighting apparatus
should be on the ground at Heppner
within a very few days.
SERVICE RAG DEDICATED
A beautiful service was held at
the Christian church on Sunday even
ing last In honor of the men in the
Army and Navy, from the homes of
the church, or who were members of
the congregation. The Service Flag,
prepared and presented to the church
by the ladles of the C. W. B. M. con
tained 26 stars, and the presentation
speech was made by Mrs. Gertrude
Parker. There was a roll call by E.
U. Huston, to which responses were
made by the parents and relatives
and friends present, giving a brief
account of the men In the service,
where located and just what branch
of the service they were engaged in.
The flag contained one yellow star,
in memory of Harper Stewart, enlist
ed In the navy and who died of pneu
monia at Mare Island, Calif., a short
time after his enlistment. The en
tire program was very Impressive and
was worthy of the attention of a much
larger audience than was present.
CARD OF THANKS.
To the good trends, neighbors and
citlzeus of Heppner: I take this op
portunity of extending my thanks
and appreciation for the kindness and
consideration tendered Mrs. Wilkius
during my absence and the Bevere
trial she had to undergo In the loss of
our property by the fire. Our loss in
property has been heavy; this we can
eventually forget, but your kindness
and neighborly assistance to my fam
ily shall never be forgotten.
J. L. WILKINS.
! TO THE PUBLIC.
Having lost all my books In the
fire, I am not able to make out my
accounts. I will trust to those who
are owing me to come to my assis
tance at this time and settle their
bills. It will be greatly apreciated
M. L. CANTWELL,
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REUNION HELD BY
Prepare AIho to Entertain Boys oi
Way to Camp Lewis. ,
Portland, Oregon, July 8, 1918.
Heppner Gazette-Times:
The annual picnic and reunion of
the Morrow County folk, took place
in Laurelhurst Park on Saturday,
July 6, 1918. Word having been
passed about that twelve of the Mor
row County boys who were enlisted
for the army and on their way to can
tonments, were to pass through the
city that evening, it was decided to
meet these boys at the train with ma
chines and entertain them at lunch.
The ladles prepared the tables and
machines were dispatched to the
train but we were disappointed as the
train was late and the boys had to go
on at once. Lunches were put up and
the girls went down to bid them God
speed. After lunch, our president, R. V.
Hynd, gave us some warm words of
greeting, followed by short talks by
several of our good citizens. Mr.
Mahoney told us of his experience as
a soldier in the last war and how the
reception given him at departure had
cheered and stayed with him and urg
ed us to do our best in this respect
for our boys.'
Mr. W. L. Mallory recommended to
us how to make "Democracy safe for
the world" by being and living as
true men to each other.
N. C. Marls said that "Happiness
had departed. War and Its horrors
had made us sober and thoughtful;
each shake of the hand, as it were,
had a heartache and through the
smile there shines a tear. Sorrow
has a deep hold on our souls, but
there rises up undaunted courage and
faith to take the sorrow by the hand
walk by the side of that other self
Love and Duty till we reach the good
Reward which shall be the eternal
brotherhood of man."
A solo by Miss Marion Ashley,
"Keep the Home Fires Burning," with
friends joining in the chorus was
sung, also "The Long, Long Trail"
was sung with much feeling;, -.
Mrs. J. N. Brown talked on "Old
Friends" which made us feel as one
family.
Arthur Minor told of his boyhood
days and how he made a trip to Um
atilla Landing for supplies with his
brother Oscar, and after he had Bpent
all his money for candy,. a pig had
eaten all their grub and he had to go
hungry. We feel as you feel, as ev
eryone feels, that that pig should
have tittd a medal for beating Art to
it in turning a trick.
We were pleased to have Mrs. Mar
garet Eniersor. and daughter of Ver
mont with us. .
Our good friends, Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Becket, have our sympathy In the
loss of their two sons since we last
met. Also Mrs. Albert Slocum and
family In their recent loss of husband
and father. MrB. Swinburne has al
so gone from us this past year.
We Joined In the Old Glory song,
'Star Spangled Banner" as the even
ing shades fell.
The following persons were pre
sent and offer sympathy to the "home
folks" in their recent losses by fire.
Mrs. Mollle Andrews, E. H. An
drews, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Howard,
Wm. Warren, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Ma
honey, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. D. Hors
man, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Becket, Miss
Mary Becket, Mrs. Delia Hallock, Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Minor, Miss Blanche
Minor, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Minor, Mrs.
J. N. and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brown,
V. Z. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mal
lory, Augustus Mallory, Mr. and Mrs.
N. C. Maris, Ralph Marls, Mrs. S.
P. Garrigues, Mr. and Mrs. John
Hayes, Mrs. Dan Horner, Miss Nellie
Horner, Mrs. Margaret Emerson and
daughter, Mrs. Frank Roberts, Miss
Anne Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. E. D.
Rood, Mr. and Mrs. A. Walker, Mr.
and Mrs. R. F. Hynd, Miss Gladys
Hayes, Miss Lola Hayes, Miss Vlette
Hayes, Miss Marjorie Clark, Mrs. Da
vid Smith, Miss Georgia Shipley, Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. Day, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry. E. Warren, Miss Winifred
Warren, r, M. Garrigues.
HELEN M. WARREN Secretary.
TO MY PATRONS.
Having had my place of business
wiped out In the recent fire, I have
decided to leave Heppner. All those
who are owing me will please settle
their accounts promptly as I need the
money to clean up my accounts.
Thanking you for all past favors.
LOUIS PEARSON
EAT rOTATOES
RM5 SAVE.-
HEPPNER'S SEGOND FIRE WITHIN MONTH
DOES DAMAGE TO
Disastrous as was the fire of a. few
weeks ago in Heppner, when, a num.-
her of residences, public building
, , , , . ,
and business houses were wiped out,
it was only a beginning compared to
what hit us on the afternoon of July
4th, when the little city was practic-
ally deserted and there was not
enough men,, women and children left
to' fight a boa fire
About 4 o'clock fire was discover
ed breaking through the roof of the
Patterson. & Elder barber shop ad- j
jacem to tne norm aide of the Palace
hotel, and being fanned by a strong
wind it was soon whipped into a big
blaze, rapidly spreading to the- Pear
son tailor shopi, a wooden building
just north, and then, into the. hotel
building, being able to reach the in
side through windows that were
open on the second and third floors,
as well as through openings leading
into the sample rooms and barber
shop.
In an incredibly short time the en
tire upper stories of the hotel were
a mass of flames. The alarm had been
sounded but a very few minutes and
a hose cart was hurried; up and the
water turned on hut the flames could
not be reached. Mrs. Wilklns, in
charge of the hotel during the ab
sence of her husband, J.. L. Wilkins,
soon realized the building was doom
ed and she rushed to the upper
stories and roused all: guests, la the
house. These all escaped but had no
time to take anything: with, them
Mrs. Wilkins, her salt,, oa going, to the
stairway found her exit cat off by the
flames and rushed to the Are escape
on the south side ot the building get
ting out In safety. She received a
cut on the chin as she struck the
coping In her drop from the fire es
cape to the sidewalk, but the injury
was not serious.
The flames very soon burst out the
south side of the hotel and readied
the .row of wooden buildings just
across on May street. When the fire
got into this block ft appeared cer
tain that the entire sooth end of town
was doomed. The hotel also threat
ened the First National Bank build
ing on the opposite corner of Main
and May streets and It was only by
the hardest kind of work this struc
ture was saved. Had this caught
there would have been little hope of
saving that side of the street at least
as far as the Masonic building.
The fire kept on spreading through
the May street block, taking every
thing before It, and also to' the east
of the hotel, cleaning out the second
hand sore ot G. W. Verdot and the
big implement warehouses of Gilliam
& Bisbee and It was here kept from
going any further to the north.
From the May street block the fire
pushed on, crossing Main street and
cleaning out the Natter buildings, the
McNamee corner and the Star Berw-
ery building, occupied by the Morrow-
County Chapter of the Red Cross,
from this to the old Mountain House
and the row of residences as far
south as the power house and every
thing in the block between August
and Cannon streets to the power
house, with the exception ot the resi
dence of Dr. A. D. McMurdo. The
wood yard of Heppner Light & Water
Co. was fired and some 600 cords of
wnnil ennsumnd. Her the fire was
hpirt after hard work
A valient fight was put up to savei1"! building, loss J50u; no insur-
the property of the Light & Water
Co., and aside from the loss of their
big supply of fuel no damage was
done to that Immediate portion of
the plant. They were heavy losers,
however, in the loss ot wire and
poles.
Coming at the time It did, when
the town was so thoroughly desert
ed by all those who could get away
to various points in the mountains
and at the lone celebration, has led
a great many to think that the fire
was of Incendiary origin. While it
has not been definitely settled as to
this, and perhaps never will be, the
prevailing opinion now Is that the
fire originated from some careless
act on the part of parties who were
In the rear of the barber shop not
long before the fire broke out.
The fire Is a hard blow to Heppner
at this time. The loss would not be
covered by $200,000, and the pro
portion of Insurance Is very light,
perhaps not exceeding in the total,
$70,000. Owing to the high insur
ance rates many had failed to pro
vide this sort ot protection and their
loss falls heavily. We are informed
that Mr. Wilkins had but $12,000
insurance at the time on the Palace
hotel nronertv. and this will no to
the mortgagee, thus leaving him.
wlthout anything to fall back on.
Victor Groshens had no insurance
at all on bis property and puts his
EXTENT OF
$110!
loss- at $3000. Many other smaller
losses can be mentioned. Our friend
P,f"80- ,of th,e "eppner Herald, lost
ail, both in printing office and house-
noId effects. Wlllig stewart, of the
Red Front Livery Barn, saved some
harness- and vehicles and got the
horses u out bnt ta lo08er t0 th -
iciu. ui iuw uuiuung as ne carrwa o
Insurance. Two horses perished with
the barn. These belonged to outside
parties' and after being driven from
the barn they turned back into the
flames. There were numerous small
ffhfManta fn mfmantlnn with V M
and goma glignt Kcldmta tnat mih
be mentioned but nothing serious oe
curred, which was indeed very for
tunate in all the excitement Incident
to .flighting the fire and getting oat
household, effects and valuables.
The water held out well and there
was at all times a good fire fighting
supply on hand. As stated in the be
ginning, a great many people were
out of town when the fire started,
and this of course made it hard to
get necessary work done. Hurry-up
calls. wer sent out in all directions, j
and it was not long before on toes
were rolling in from the mountain
camps up Willow creek, from Par
kers Mill and from Lexington and
lone. But most of these arrived too
late to be of real assistance. Besides,
much. oC tbe fire fighting apparatus
was- found to be in bad condition,:
nosztes were missing and hose was!
coupled so tight in many instances!
that it required two men to get the
knuekles broken, and all tbe while
the fire was eating up the homes and
business houses in that section of the
ctty. !
Much property was removed from
the buildings in the May street block
across the street to the Natter side
walk and later - caught fire and
burned, and thus it waa in numerous
places, it being hard to get the house
hold goods out of reach of tb lames.
Two men carried out the HOft-pomd
plafe? piano from Oscar B orgs' res
idence' and then pushed it wmmm-mm-enty-fiv
feet up the sidewalk when
the flames became so hot they bad
to abandon the job and the instru
ment burned up. Several hose carts
and hundreds of feet of hose were
destroyed, and it was generally a hot
time in the old town.
The list of sufferers follows:
Louis Pearson, tailor shop and
most of contents. All tools and a
large stock of goods destroyed with
many suits of clothes about ready for
delivery. His loss is around $2000
$1000 insurance.
Crow & McAtee, real estate and in
surance. Office fixtures, $250.
Patterson & Elder, barber shop,
total loss. $2500, with some insur
ance.
Woodson & Sweek, law office; all
contents destroyed. Loss $5000, with
$2500 insurance. Besides the firm's
loss, numerous abstracts were des
troyed which Mr. Woodson estimates
In the aggregate at $1500. Their safe
contained many valuable papers and
just what condition these are in will
be revealed when the safe is opened.
The Palace hotel, the property of J.
L. Wilkins and wife and Creston
Maddock. valued at $30,000. A to
tal loss of building and contents. In
surance $12,000. The barber shop
building wa owned by them also,
and tllere was small insurance on
this.
1 Mike Curran, billiard parlors In
,ance
G. W. Verdot, second hand dealer.
building and all contents. His loss
of building and stock is $1500. Small
insurance on building goes to Wm.
Plels, mortgagee.
Gilliam & Bisbee, two large ware
houses filled with machinery and Im
plements. Loss $25,000 with insur
ance of $13,000. This loss is serious
owing to the large quantity of farm
machinery and extras destroyed
Large shipments had been but re
cently received and stored.
Vic Groshens, five buildings on cor
ner of Main and May streets. His
loss was complete as he carried no in
surance. Buildings and contents ar
ound $5000.
The P. O. Borg estate bad two
buildings In this block, one of which
was occupied by Mrs. L. G. Herren
nilllnery. Loss of buildings, $2000,
covered by $700 insurance. Mrs.
Herren's loss is $2500. Andy Hayes
had rooms in the Borg building also
and lost all his personal effects. Was
covered by $200 insurance.
Mrs. Ida M. Warnock, building un
occupied, loss $1500.
Eliza Ayers estate, building occu
pied by Heppner Herald, also Star
Lodging House and small residence
In the rear. Loss ot buildings ap-
proximately $4000, with some fasar-
( Continued on Page 8.
10NERE0 GR03S HAD
The celebration at lone on the
Fourth passed off in a very pleasant
manner.' It was carried out under
the direction of the lone Red Cross
Chapter and no preparation had been
made for a spread-eagle affair. The
attendance was good, quite a number
going down from Heppner, and-the
program featured many interesting
events. The address in the forenoon
by J. T. Brewer of Portland, was
perhaps the leading feature. Mr.
Brewer delivered the address at the
celebration at lone a year ago, and
felt highly complimented In being
called to officiate In this capacity
again this year. It was a speech full
ot patriotism and good sense; the
slacker and pro-German got hia with
out any mincing of words, and we are
sure that all who heard Mr. Brewer
could understand fullv what hp
meant. Dinner was served in the
basement ot the Christian church by
the Red Cross, and supper also, and
wnen all events had been Dulled off
and the results counted up, the Red
Crofls waa ahead almost $800. Hav
ing to leave early in the afternoon,
our representative did not get a de
tailed report on the program, and the
receipts were perhaps cut a little
short by large numbers ot the people
rushing up to Heppner when they
received word of the big fire. The
Red Crass ladies naturally feel proud
the results, however, and annrecl-
ate the splendid crowd their efforts
brong&i together.
CAfiD OF THANKS.
We wish to extend to the neoDle
of Heppner our most sincere thanks
and appreciation, who worked so
hand ta save our property, many of
whom endangered, their own lives
while working towards that end. We
also extend ocr heartfelt sympathy
to those who suffered losses by the
fire.
DR. AND MB&. A. D. McMURDO
LULU H., HAG ER
Woodum M Sweek. Open for Business.
Although they suffered the entire
ot their XuroUare and fixtures,
snd a splendid library, Messrs. Wood
son & Sweek, attorneys, are smiling,
and they are now open tor business
agaan in the Masonic building just
across the street from the telephone
office. These gentlemen had one of
the bast lav libraries in Eastern Ore-
son, besides all their office equipment
was modern and up-to-date, but this
all b inned just as well as though it
had been of different nature. They
will gradually rehabilitate their offi
ces, 1ut at great deal they possessed
can never be restored, and a large
number of valuable papers, abstracts.
etc. -vereeansumed in tha flames that
licked up the Palace hotel in such a
very few minutes.
ENJOYED THEIR VISIT HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Blackmail de
parted Monday for Portland and ex
pect to spend about a month in that
city before going on to San Francisco.
Mr., and Mrs. Blaekman enjoyed a
very pleasant visit among their
friends and relatives in Heppner
during the past three weeks, and ex
pect that they will return here at re
gular intervals in the future. The
one distressing feature of their so
journ in Heppner, was the witness
ing of the disastrous fire on the
Fourth. Having been so long identi
fied with the community, Mr. and
Mrs. Blackntan feel very, keenly this
Wow, and thelT sympathy goes out
to the sufferers, many of whom wero
old time friends of theirs.
Mr. Blackman informs us that all
the interests, they have In the world,
outside of their boys, are located at
Heppner. This place is home to them
and they have a lot of faith in the fu
ture of the city. This lias been man
ifested oy the purchasing of an addi
tional interest In the Henry Heppner
estate. "While here, Mr. Blucknian
took oier a number of shares in the
estate belonging to heirs living at a
di.tnce and he stated to this paper
that it was their intention o purchase
more. It Is gratifying to have people
who made their money in Heppner In
the years gone by, still show their
faith In the town by keeping that
money at work here, and this is what
Mr. Blackman Is doing. Further
more, he is supporting our quotas in
the Red Cross, Liberty Loan, W. S. S.
and other war activities. Mr. Black-
man states that so long as he lives he
will call Heppner home.
III iifl
DOWNPOUR OF HI
DOES SOI Oil
A Miniature flood PawM-g Through
Heppner Tuesday Evening.
Following a long continued spell
of hot and dry weather, Heppner was
visited by a terrific downpour of rain
on Tuesday afternoon, and our citi
zens were treated to a miniature
flood which lasted for some thirty or
forty minutes.
The storm gathered about three
o'clock and seemed to center right
about town and the main portion of
the rainfall was on either side of
Stansbury canyon and extended from
about a mile and a half south of town
and then across the hills into Black-
horse.
A lot of water ran off the hills In
to the little creek at the bottom of
Stansbury canyon and this was swel
led into a good sized stream by the
time it struck the south side of town.
The W. E. Mikesell place was hit first
and here much damage was done to
fencing and gardens and his well was
filled up, the pump being washed out
and carried off.
H. D. Mikesell also had a lot ot
fencing carried off and his nice
young orchard was damaged by hav
ing a number of choice trees broken
down and washed out. No water got
into the house though it reached the
windows on the south side.
Andy Cook was hit pretty hard, his
big chicken house being rather badly
dislocated and a number of chickens
carried to a watery grave. His or
chard and garden also were damaged
as well as a portion of the fencing.
The Stephens place and the Baird
place were not much damaged, being
so situated that the water drained oS
pretty well, and this was largely true
of the other residences ot the Albina
district.
Several bridges along the creek
were taken out. The bridge near the
J. J. Adkins residence was washed
down to the corner of Mrs. Bartholo
mew's place on Chase street, where
it lodged against the big trees and
helped turn the water away frcm the
residence. By the time the waters
reached the bridge near the Farns
worth barn It had gained such pro
portions that that structure was put
up on edge and carried away. This
threw a large force ot water towards
the home of Mrs. McDaid and her
floors were flooded; leaving a deposit
of several inches of mud. A lot of
rubbish was also piled' up around the
office and main building of the Hepp
ner Light & Water Co., as well as a
deposit of mud' on the' floor of the
engine roonii No other apparent
damage was done here and the wa
ters passed on, taking out the bridge
at the upper etui; ot Chase street and
carrying it on to the main channel
of Willow creek. At this point the
water was largely diverted down
Chase street,, doing but little damage
to the property along the street.
Where the water broke through a
number of lawns and gardens were
swept over aud some fencing and
wooden shtewatks carried out and
wooden, sidewalks carried out and
this constitutes the material damage
don!?. A bridge was taken out l i
front ot the residence of Mrs Etuilii
Kelley. Mrs. Mary Bartholomew
seems to have been the worst hit of
any of the residents along this street,
and yet the water did not get Into the
house.
Numerous cellars and basements
about town were filed with water
while the store ot Gilliam & Bisbee
received a deposit of several inches
of mud that came In through the
rear end of the building. They have
been busy since cleaning the place
out and getting the mud out of a
large number of ranges and other
stoves that were standing on the
floors.
So far as we have been able to
learn, there was no very serious dam
age done to any of the places along
the creek. Ralph lieuge has suffer
ed pretty much by the deposit of a lot
of rock and debris on his alfalfa from
the water coming down Dutton can
yon, and Alex. Cornett had some dam
age done to small buildings In the
way of the water coming down the
draw back of his place.
A lot of water fell in the Black
horse section and this made a pretty
good sized flood at Lexington, but no
damage is reported.
The rain has freshened up the at
mosphere and cooled the temperature
to a considerable extent as well as
making a lot of dirty streets and back
yard3. This latter, of course will be
all fixed up in a few days, and we
trust that our little city will be spared
any more excitement of this order for
all time to come.